Leaves in turbidite sands: The main source of oil and gas in the deep-water Kutei Basin, Indonesia

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1585-1608

  Saller, Arthur ^a   Lin, Rui ^b   Dunham, John ^c  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production Ltd   (Thailand)

^c Chevron Indonesia Co   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; SANDSTONE; SEA LEVEL; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

HYDROGEN INDEX VALUES; LEAF FRAGMENTS; TURBIDITE SANDS;

OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

FOSSIL; HYDROCARBON; LEAF; SOURCE ROCK; TURBIDITE;

ASIA; BORNEO; EURASIA; INDONESIA; KUTEI BASIN; MAKASSAR STRAIT; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 33750358783     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/04110605127     Document Type: Article

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